Shaving-brush.



Piented Dec. 4, I900.

Inventor Fig. 2

E J SAMSON & L LEVI SHAVING BRUSH.. Apphcatlon filed Mar 16 1900 Fig.1

by W A1 (No Model Witnesses.-

NITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

EDWIN J. SAMSON AND LOUIS LEVI, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHAVING-BRUSH.

SPECIFICATION formingpartof Letters Patent No. 662,973, dated December4, 1900.

Application filed March 16, 1900. Serial No. 8,992. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, EDWIN J. SAMSON and LOUIS LEVI, citizens of theUnited States, and residents of the city of New York, borough ofManhattan, county and State of New York, have invented a certain new anduseful Shaving-Brush, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to shaving-brushes; and its object is to combinewith such a brush means for containing a supply of powdered soap and forregulating the feeding of the powdered soap to the bristles of the brushas occasion may require.

By means of the invention the necessity for a mug to contain the soap isdispensed with, and in a single compact article there are provided thebrush, soap, and receptacle for holding the latter.

Our shaving-brush will be-found particularly serviceable to travelingmen, as it may be readily carried in the pocket and is always inreadiness for use. It may be inclosed in a case with the razor or in aseparate case, and it may be made ornamental or plain, and thesoap-receptacle and holder for the bristles may be made of variousmaterials.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of ashaving-brush embodying our improvement and showing the parts soadjusted that the soap will not be fed into the supply-tube entering thebristles. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the parts so adjusted thatthe soap may be fed to the bristles. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on theline 3 3 of Fig. l, and Fig. 4 is a similar section on the line 4 4 ofFig. 2.

The same numerals of reference designate the same parts in the severalviews of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, 5 indicates the bristles of the brush, whichare firmly fixed in the metallic holder 6 by means of a suitablecementing substance 7 and through the latter there is provided anopening, preferably slanting, so that its upper end is to one side ofthe center of the holder, for the reception of a preferablyconically-shaped tube 8, which may be easily removed, so that it may becleaned out in case there should be any tendency to clog at its lowerend. The tube 8 extends just into the bristles, slightly separating thebristles, as shown. The upper end of tube 8 when in place is in thespace between the cementing substance and the bottom of the coupling orcap which connects the holder 6 to the handle or soap-receptacle, andsuch upper end is provided, preferably, with a solid offset 9. The feedand the cutting ofl": of the feed of the soap are not, however,dependent upon the use of offset 9.

The receptacle for the soap, which also serves as the handle of thebrush, is indicated at 10. It is provided at its top with a cap 11,which is adapted to be removed by means of the screw-threadedconnection, as shown. At its bottom the receptacle 10 is provided withinterior screw-threads to receive the screwthreaded cap or coupling 12,which is also screw-threaded at its bottom, wherebyit is detachablyconnected to the holder 6. The central part of the coupling 12 is solid,with the exception of a small hole 13, made through it to one side ofits center, which is adapted tobe brought over the tube 6 to place thesoap-receptacle 10 and saidtube in communication.

From Fig. 1 it will be seen that the bottom surface of the rim of thecoupling 12 is hard down upon the top edge of the holder 6. In thisposition the hole 13 of the coupling is over the solid offset 9 of thetube 8, and the powdered soap will not pass out of its receptacle intothe space beneath. By holding the handle of the brush in one hand andunscrewing with the other hand the holder 6, turning it half-way around,the hole 13 will be brought over the tube 8, thus placing the soap inits receptacle in communication with the feeding-tube extending into thebristles, as seen in Fig. 2. The soap will now flow down tube 8 in asufficient quantity, and then by turning back the holder 6 to theposition seen in Fig. 1 communication between the soap and bristles willbe cut off. Stops could be provided on the holder and the coupling todetermine the degree of movement necessary to bring the parts in theposition shown in Fig. 2; but this is not essential to the satisfactoryoperation of the device.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. Ashaving-brush comprising a hollow handle serving as a receptacle forpowdered soap, a suitable holder provided with bristles, a feeding-tubeextending longitudinally through the holder and entering the bristles,and a coupling adjustably connecting the hollow handle to thebristle-holder, the central portion of said coupling being solid butprovided with a hole which, by suitable adjustment of the holder Withrelation to the handle, can be placed in communication with thefeeding-tube to furnish a supply of soap to the bristles.

2. The combination with the bristle-holder, a cementing substance fixingthe bristles in the holder and provided with an opening longitudinallythrough it and a tube arranged in said opening and furnishing acommunication between the bristles and the top of the holder, of ahollow handle having a removable cap, and a coupling fixed to the bottomof the handle and provided with a solid central portion with a holepierced through it, and also provided with a depending screwthreadedportion adapted to screw into the top of the holder.

3. The combination with the hollow handle havinga removable cap and abottoxi pierced with a hole through it, to one side of its center, saidbottom piece having a depending screw-threaded member, of abristle-holder provided with bristles, a removable tube extendingthrough said holder into the bristles with its upper end to one side ofthe longitudinal center of the holder.

4. The combination with the hollow handle provided with a bottom piecepierced with a hole through it, to one side of its center, said bottompiece having a depending screwthreaded member, of a bristle-holderprovided with bristles, a tube extending through the holder into thebristles with its upper end to one side of the longitudinal center ofthe holder and provided with a solid offset.

Signed at New York, borough of Manhattan, county and State of New York,this 3d day of March, 1900.

EDWIN J. SAMSON. LOUIS LEVI.

Witnesses:

J. E. M. BOWEN, M. O. PINCKNEY.

